During the summer, the Department for Transport asked those involved in the public examination for their views on how the Silvertown Tunnel fits in with the government’s new plan to deal with air pollution. The extension of the deadline is to allow more time for those responses to be considered.

We at No to Silvertown Tunnel have always maintained that the Silvertown Tunnel is likely to increase congestion, and so will also increase pollution. We hope the final decision will recognise what we have believed all along – that the Silvertown Tunnel represents a reckless gamble with the health and wellbeing of thousands of Londoners, and should be abandoned.